That would have been awesome. . . it's much better than naming your child Pilot or Apple!A Gunslinger wrote:I almost named my son Atticus! One of my favorite characters in literature, PERIOD!
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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..Got this for my Birthday last week.
Fianlly after fifteen years I got to reread it.
And OMG it's way more beterer when your a grownup!
I've never read a book so fast..even though it's an easy read, I still could not stop reading it.
I even teared up near the end..when Scout realized that it was Boo who saved her and Jem...I mean it too..I was all choked up and couldn't talk...I've NEVER had that experience to ANY book before.
Fianlly after fifteen years I got to reread it.
And OMG it's way more beterer when your a grownup!
I've never read a book so fast..even though it's an easy read, I still could not stop reading it.
I even teared up near the end..when Scout realized that it was Boo who saved her and Jem...I mean it too..I was all choked up and couldn't talk...I've NEVER had that experience to ANY book before.
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I thought you were a ripe grape
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
a cabernet sauvignon
a bottle in the cellar
the kind you keep for a really long time
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It is a great reading experience. Great movie too.drew wrote:..Got this for my Birthday last week.
Fianlly after fifteen I got to reread it.
And OMG it's way more beterer when your a grownup!
I've never read a book so fast..even though it's an easy read, I still could not stop reading it.
I even teared up near the end..when Scout realized that it was Bo who saved her and Jem...I mean it too..I was all choked up and couldn't talk...I've NEVER had that experience to ANY book before.
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Yes- it's wonderful!
I remember that for the first 40 pages I found it rough going - because I didn't realize that the narrative voice was that of an intelligent 6-year-old girl who is weirdly knowledgeable about various things, but is definitely narrating in the vernacular...
Once I figured out what was going on with that, I couldn't put it down. I need a re-read.
I remember that for the first 40 pages I found it rough going - because I didn't realize that the narrative voice was that of an intelligent 6-year-old girl who is weirdly knowledgeable about various things, but is definitely narrating in the vernacular...
Once I figured out what was going on with that, I couldn't put it down. I need a re-read.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Me neither!Sorus wrote:...And I haven't seen the movie.
Once, a student of mine said something along the lines of, "I see it as a life lesson," and speaking like "you learn this once, and then you're done.."Sorus wrote:I need a re-read too - been at least 12-15 years.
I was so flabbergasted I didn't know what to say.
The characterizations (of place, or people) are so earthy & human, the sacrifices so challenging.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
